quoth/tag/insanity

Quote #3101

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:08:54 -0800

"What can you do," thought Winston, "against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?"
- George Orwell
Book: 1984

Quote #3022

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:17:02 -0700

Like Socrates said, "The male libido is like being chained to a madman." And I suppose the fire of that insanity is this limp fleshy phallus, dragging us through life.â¨
- Russell Brand
Article: AV Club Interview - http://www.avclub.com/articles/russell-brand,25065/

Quote #2297

Fri, 19 May 2006 07:00:38 -0700

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

Quote #2285

Fri, 12 May 2006 05:34:23 -0700

you raise the blade, you make the change
you rearrange me ' till I'm sane

you lock the door
and throw away the key
there's someone in my head but it's not me
- Roger Waters
Song: Pink Floyd - Brain Damage

Quote #2280

Thu, 11 May 2006 01:50:15 -0700

When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.
- Robert M. Pirsig

Quote #2119

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:45:03 -0800

...most people in life, especially the ones who are considered super normal, if you really take a step back and observe them and watch them a bit, you'll realize that they're actually completely out of their minds. Most people are really nuts and that's fascinating to me.
- Johnny Depp
Article: Suicide Girls Interview

Quote #2005

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:33:36 -0800

A madman's ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his delirium.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
Book: Nausea

Quote #1997

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:11:46 -0800

Nathaniel Lee reputedly declared: "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me."

Quote #1994

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:46:50 -0800

Veronica: You're not a rebel, you're fucking psychotic!

Jason: You say tomato, I say tomahto.
Movie: Heathers

Quote #1975

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:08:09 -0800

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
- Nikola Tesla

Quote #1913

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:28:46 -0800

Objectivity and subjectivity were traps that people fell into. I prefer the terms "insanity" and "outsanity." Insanity is your life inside yourself. It's very private and you don't allow anybody in there because it's so crazy. Every so often I find somebody that I can talk to about it. When you go into the isolation tank outsanity is gone. Now, outsanity is what we're doing now, it's exchanging thoughts and so on. I'm not talking about my insanity and you're not talking about yours. Now, if our insanities overlap then we can be friends.
- John Lilly - a pioneer researcher into the nature of consciousness using as his principal tools the isolation tank, dolphin communication and psychedelic drugs, sometimes in combination

Quote #1445

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:13:47 -0800

Lady, after this he'll be a perfectly normal human being, and you what bastards they are!
- Mary Chase as Cab Driver
Play: Harvey

Quote #1091

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:11:22 -0800

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
- Hunter S. Thompson